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Spammers!

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So far today we've had 4 "new users" join geocachingmaine.org. All from the same ISP's we've had spammers from before. As usual, I've alerted Rick to them, but we'll probably get spammed before he gets around to deleting them.

Is there anything we can do to prevent these guys from joining? Block a set of IP addresses? They're all coming from the same bunch:

A list I run has a feature that new users have to get their posts approved before it shows up in the forums. After a few posts I can switch it off. This has worked out perfectly. Spammers don't have time to post anything worthwhile to circumvent this trick.

A list I run has a feature that new users have to get their posts approved before it shows up in the forums. After a few posts I can switch it off. This has worked out perfectly. Spammers don't have time to post anything worthwhile to circumvent this trick.

Yes that can be done here to but I don't have the time to sit here and screen everyone that registers on the web site.

Yes that can be done here to but I don't have the time to sit here and screen everyone that registers on the web site.

I think if you ban the ISP series I notify you about - as I discussed in email to you - we can make some headway against these spammers. But like this guy - by the time I read the notification, check his ISP and notify you, he's already spammed. Since I've got the IP address in front of me when I get the new member notification, and it's easy to check in WHOIS, I'll just keep notifying you about suspicious "members".

A list I run has a feature that new users have to get their posts approved before it shows up in the forums. After a few posts I can switch it off. This has worked out perfectly. Spammers don't have time to post anything worthwhile to circumvent this trick.

Originally Posted by attroll

Yes that can be done here to but I don't have the time to sit here and screen everyone that registers on the web site.

I would be willing to do it. The way I do it for the other list is that all the new people are moderated for at least the first couple of posts. After their posts prove not to be spam I let them post free. This has worked real well.

I would be willing to do it. The way I do it for the other list is that all the new people are moderated for at least the first couple of posts. After their posts prove not to be spam I let them post free. This has worked real well.

I already screen all "new members", and spammers are pretty easy to identify. We're really just talking about ways to block known spammer IP's.